Af Jesper Bjørn Schlæger
Den lede bankmand Ratchett bliver myrdet om bord på Orient-ekspressen, og det lokale politi kan ikke komme frem, fordi toget sidder fast i sneen. Heldigvis er den navnkundige excentriske belgiske privatdetektiv Hercule Poirot om bord på toget, og han kan nok være mand for at opklare mysteriet. Arbejdet besværliggøres dog noget af, at alle på toget tilsyneladende har et motiv.
Det er den, vistnok, autentiske historie om enkefru Laura Henderson (Judi Dench), der efter at have arvet en anseelig formue fra sin nyligt afdøde mand sætter sig for at fylde ensomheden ud med en hobby. Men at hobbyen skulle blive genåbningen og oprettelsen af vaudeville teatret The Windmill, var der alligevel nok ingen, der havde regnet med. Det er så her teaterdirektøren Vivian van Damm (Bob Hoskins) kommer på banen og hermed også filmens egentlige […]
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world’s terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent – to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in […]
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.